THE TROTTING CUP

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1929, Page 1

THE TROTTING CUP

The iiiutl payment for the New Zealand Trotting Cup saw only the trotter Pc ter wall and King Pointer fail to continue their engagemnts, and their defection came as no surprise. Ibis leaves twenty-one in the big race. The draw for the divisions took place soon after acceptance, and it is quite evident that in the division the horses on each mark were drawn for separately, which seems to he the most equitable and best way of dividing the field. The new conditions of dividing the big race into two divisions found favour with all and it should provide great racing under improved condi-„ tions. There are ten horses in the first division and eleven in the second, and these two races in themselves should afford splendid contests, with the good stake attached to each and the further prospect of more stake money for the lucky four in each. These two races, quite apart from the final issue, should attract considerable attention and interest and the form in each will he closely watched, with a view of finding the ultimate winner on the second day.

The first four in each division which will be contested on the first day will start in the final on the second day of the meeting so that all the starters on the second day will already have been stake earners. The first division finds Cardinal Logan, Dundas Boy, Roi I’Ot and Kingcraft on the limit and this quartette seem more likely to keep the hack markers busy than do Daphne de Oro, Imprint, Linkman, Logan Park and Author Jinks in the second division. When the handicap was first published it was thought that Mr G. Paul, the liandicapper, had favoured the back markers, hutiopinions' have changed since and now tlje limit horses seem likely to possess the best chances. It promises to be a hard contest both in the divisions and also in the final issue.

In the first division Cardinal Logan, Roi l’Or and Kingscraft will keep the back markers very busy as will Dundas Boy, who however, is not a particularly quick beginner. Author Jinks, Linkman and Daphne de Oro, seem certain to make plenty of speed over the early part of the race, so that whilst Aluiriri and Padlock, who are in the second division, may find their task somewhat easier than that of Great Bingen, Prince Pointer and last year’s winner, Peter Bingen, in the first division, there will be quite enough speed assured to make them hurry along throughout the ra e. The fields being almost of .ideal size in each division it ran confidently he expected that' each will provide, a solid contest in which all the contestants will have a better chance of showing their powers than if the race had been in one heat.